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it, he was solicitous to get the condition of the grant removed, to enhance the value of . ttis appointment. The case of-Dowler. he Would next call the attention 'of the House to. Dewier, it should seem, had peel 10001. to Mt's Clarke, and had been placed in the Conunissariat. AVietther he did give Mrs. 'Clarke )0001. was one question, and if he did give it, whe ther he gave it for his appointment is another. He might' have paid Mrs. Clarke one thonsand=poundir, not for „his appointment - , but for otheecensidera tions, as various accounts existed, between them • for a short time after that transattion had been stated to have taken place; it appeared they•harl been etideiti. vouring to raise :money by their joint note, and from a variety of circrinastantes.it appeared that he had all • alotig, been her faVotirite paramour.; To him the worthy Alderman's, (Mr. H., Combe's) ,exposition appeared much more satistaCtoryietiiiich set forth that Dowler 'had told him in..the Haymarket that he, had-obtained his situation' through the influence Broak Watson, The Hon. Geoiluiriali then spoke of the unjustifiable means that had been made use of to poison the public mind. The snbjeti bad been taken up in such a-manner by the weekly and.diur nal journals, that had any coalmen trial been pend• it would prabably have. been put . off. It would have• been considered as Unjust to the accused to have attempted bringing the case to an issue, while the public mind was so much influenced. He next came to the case of Kennett, but he conceived it difficult to enter into this case, as the Hon. Gentle man had but slightly-mentioned it, and declared his reason for not going into it weir, - because some one more competent to investigate it, he expeaed, would take it up. From Colonel Taylor's evidence, it appeared„, Mr. Kennett first came forward, and offered a loan on a mortgage. Colonel Tey.lor did not know his bUsiness the second or third time of his coming, when it appeared, he wished Col. Taylor to exert his interest with the Duke of York to procure him a place, stating, at the same lime, that by so doing, he would confer an obligation on Sir Horace Mann. There were some parts of Ken.; nett's note which were by ne means-clear; the meaning appeared to him dubious. Now, as it was probable that Colonel Taylor did not &hew the note to the Commander in Chief, but only stated to him what he conceived to be the purport of it, was it not probable, that that which was in itself obscure, had . been so represented to. his Royal Highness, that he • might not correCtly comprehend its meaning? In this case was' it fair to view the circumstance in an obnoxious light only ? The case of Elder , ton next fell under his consideration. It appeared from certain letters, that. Mrs.. Clarke had been in the habit (*receiving various applications .from his family. From one letter it was obvious that Mrs. Clarke ,had deceived Mr. Elderton, by giving him to understand that the Doke of York,, through her good offices, had gained him leave of absence from Ills regiment, while under the command of General Abacrornble. It WM impossible this could he the fad, as the Duke of York could not have had it in 'his power.togiVe Mr.'Elderton leave of absence un der such circumstances. This letter was found among her papers, without any .mark of a seal, from which it 'was probable, that the Duke of York had never seen it, but that Mrti." Clarke taking, to herself the merit of having accornpanied it through, her in fiuctice with the Duke, ,had received this letter of ucknowledginent to Ott Commander in Chief in closed in another. Hr. reasons for not forwarding it to his Royal Higfines.s, ha thought obvious, as it was not her interest to let him know or liberties she was- its the habit Of 'taking with his name. He next adverted to the case of Major Turner, who wish ed. to retire, still retaining the rank of Major, but prevented for a short time through a letter being re ceived from Mrs. Sutherland, bagging that his resig: nation might not be , accepted, as be had behaved ,ill towards a lady, to Whom it was important to know where he might be found for thaensuing six months, and from whom he intended to secret himself. The Hon. Gentleman had said much of the impropriety of listening to such a woman, as the Duke of York must have known her evidence ought not to have . been taken. •He was surprised somewhat at such a . remark from a Gentleman who had brought forward such evidences as had lately appeared at their par, who had brought forward a woman like Mrs. Clarke to speak to fats of the greatest importance, to give evidence on one of the must important cases that had ever occupied their attention ; • that he who had thought himself justified in bringing forward charges of the most serious nature against the son of his SO wereigo, on the evidence, et such witnesses should think .his Royal Highness wholly , inexcusable in taking any notice of the letter df Mrs. Sutherland, But what did the .Duke of York on the receipt of this letter? Nothing more than i hesitate two or three weeks before he finally decided on closing with Major Turner's wishes ; for on the. 23d, he (Major Turner) writes that his resignation is accepted. A charge was preferred on which he might have been couviaed of ungentlemanly condu&. The Duke of " York did but direa inquiries to be made where 'he authentic ieformation might he gained, re epeCtitig the'clfaraCter of ;Major Turner. The in quiry occupied three weeks, at The expiration of iflitele time he immediately complied with his vt,ialies by accepting his resignation. The next case lie would touch, on, had been so edmirably handledS by his Hon. and - Learned , Friend behind, that but little remained for bin) tO ; say on the subject. The case Lie now alluded to was that of Carter, to ,,wards whom 'he thought the Commander in Chief hadiliSplayed a degree of humane atention, in his opinien, must be extremely. grateful to every feeling heart. A real obje& of compassion, wor thy re become the obje4( of Royal munificence, pre. sewed itself, and the Commanderin Chief, awake to the liveliest feelings of humanity, had not negle6l 7 . ed the opportunity of succouring the orphan son of an officer ; 4,311 events, 3 poor boyrepresented'ai Such, for whom ari :application had been made by his supposed father, in 1801, at. 3 time when, from the •redudtion of the army, cotnniissions were ditfi eult to obtain, He had been contumeliously called a toot-bc.iy; but was not that too degrading an epi thet ?111 had been said,' tbaChe had been in the ser vt:e of Mrs. Clarke of Gloucester-place a year' but cs is ti it was considered 'he' was - appointedin A.pril HO4, and th it Mrs. Clarke Was not established in (7,;(ane,tcr-place till. the eotritneneetrieu t of that year, it ..v;ti, obi. ions lie could riot` have been in her service more than thr6e natinths; _might it trot have been, 104 114.1yal Hig finest had 'forgot ten the application niaade in 10's behalf; but accidentally seeing him, through his conneftion with Nils. Clarke r 'inighi it not have brought the circumstance to his reeollee-,, Lion? and :if so, his subsequent nondue, far from being censurable, was laudable.. If a man :s pu. nislieci for . - ,his viees„lis well ; but don't let him stiffer for his virtues. When the circumstance was first mentioned, with every aggravation that could be attached to it, he was not surprised that the -House should feelindipant ; but, when it appeared- in its true colours, he could not. say what might be 3 the . feelings of others, but he' sincerely rejoiced at the promotion of Carter. His letters, pregnant with a lilseral gratitude, proved his edecation had pot been thrown away upon him. His conduta since his *ap pointment, had proved he was not unworthy of it,. he had since gained promotion solely by his merit, and for his (Mr. Perceval'a) part he should feel ex• tremely sorry if any thing that had transpired in the course of the investigation,' should ever darken his prospects, or operate to his disadvantage. The let ter relating to Clavering,, which was fresh in all their memories, the Hon. Gentleman, had stated to have been written in a very guarded style, it was : in his opinion, inspossible for a moment to think. so, as When it was written, his Royal Highness could not have the smallest idea that it would ever be spade public. The Hon. Gentleman proceeded fully to controvert Mr. Wardle's observations on that letter. 'lt was evident Mrs. Clarke had amused Clavering, by making him believe something would be done for him by the Commander in Chief, through her influence. Some accidental piece 'of intbrination relating to military affairs; might have found its way into the unsuspeding correspondence in which he admits the Duke was engaged, but nothing tending to prove any of the charges brought . against his Royal Highness. As to the e,xpressionsin hicßoyal Highness's letter le Mis,Ciarke, which relatediaDr. O'Mara, dui) , bad not , any timing to do with militity tranSaaions, and were therefore irrelevant to the' present inquiry ialthough it was as much to be lamented, that Dr. O'Mara had got into the hands of such a woman as Mrs. Clarke, as that his Royal Highness himself had been so enfortunate. He would now proceed•to make a few , observations on the parcel of letters'found in Capt. Sanden'S bureau. The most striking reircutristance in these letters was the care evinced by Mrs. Clarke, that the Duke of York should be kept ignorant of the transactions in which she was engaged. There was one note from Mrs. Clarke to Capt. Smitten, in which this appre hension was peculiarly evident. He meant the note in' which she desired Captain Sanden not to comeao her boxat the Opera that night, lest Mr.Greenwocid, Who would be in the house with the`Duke of YO&reiglit see him with her, suspe& theconneetion that existed. between him, and tnentien his suspicions to his Royal Highness. Another note from Mrs. Clarke (page 382 of the minutes), was of a remarkable de.' scription. In that note, she begs of Captain Sander' . " never to breathe her name ;" another proof of her fear lest the connexion between them should come to the knowledge of the Duke. • Ina note (p. 379 of the Minutes) Mrs. Clarke tells Sandell, " that she was vexed to death, for that he knows the state of her finances ; that she apprehended a failure of h e r objeti for Spedding, as the regiment be was in did their exercise au badly, that the Duke swore at' them very much, and had stopped the promotion of every one in it." Now,, Col. Gordon had declared i in his evidence - at the Bar, that this was not the fakt ; and $ that promotion in the regiment alluded to had never 1 , been stopped. The Gazettes whi c h h a d b een pro , dueed also afforded a complete proof that such was the case. In a subsequent note Mrs. Clarke says to Sanden,' " What can Spedding mean by asking on Thursday, through Gm. Tony!), for leave to go on half-pay 3 'tis ode bei.aviour, and you mo s t t hi n k that some one thinks me used very ill." By a refe rence to the 4113 d page of the minutes of evidence, it would be found, that Cape. Spedding had been making application for promotion, that Sir Attired' Clarke bad been referred to, but had stated that he knew nothing of Captain Spedding; and (hit subse quently, Capt. Spedding applied, on the recommee , dation &Caen- Tottyn, to be placed on the half-pay ; ' in Which application 'he was successful. Th e a n ge r of Mrs. Clarke wash therefore, clearly ancibutanl to her want of success; and there were several other instances in the course of thiscorrespondence with . Capt. Sanden, in which she complained of a failure in the influence which she. was desirous of exercis•- tug. The next subject to which he should call the ' attention of the House was, the letters run away with from Mrs. Clarke by time Hon. Gentleman 'ops posite. To provt,the. barefaced nisregard of truth,, which in many instances marked Mrs. Clarke l s evi dence, he would merely refer to page 302 o f the ' Minutes ; where would 'be found the following 'question,and answer: - , •.. -. . . ' s' , Did you give these letters to Mr. Wardle in' en; der to facilitate any negotiatiOn ? , --k. Yes ; not the letters that Cal. Wardle ran away with, but letters of Field Officers to recommend twit) or three Lieu , tenants to Companies: They ' were to give. more than the regulation, three or fear hundred toned; ; I understood from 'Mr. Donovan that Greenwood was to have some part; Frome another, -himself a share, and me." Here' Mrs. . Clarke had the hardihood to state, that she was to be the instrument et corruptly obtain • itig,:t sum of money, of which Mr. Greenwood was to have a share; an assertion that was'unques tionably devoid of trutli." This was a recent case too, occurring .wince the discontinuance of her con . neaion with the Duke of York. There now only remained for hint to consider the payment for the plate to Mr. Birkett, and the presumptions that were supposed to arise from the limited allowance that Mrs. Clarke received from hia_Royal Highne s s.—' 'And now; with respeti to the first of these consi- Aerations, if the House would refer Savage: - 12 e ,of the Minutes, they would find an account eattaCtu d from Mi. Birkett's books, in which the first article stated on the debtor side was the Duke of Berrie's service df plate, amounting to 5,3631, ; other partir culars followed, making the whole amount to i',et 11. By the 'credit ' side of the same account, page 129, it appeared that on the lath of May, I ite4, a pay ment had been made to Mr...Birkett of 5001. and all the subsequent payments appeared to be by bills and drafts, which were paid by the puke of Fork. It ,did" not appear that this first Payment of .500 . I. was at' all .referable to French's levy ; and it had been 'proved :in evidence, that loinediately after the 'es tablishment in Ghitaceiter-placar had been ' formed, .5001. had been advanced by Eis Royal Highness to' Mrs. Clarke, for plate . and linen, It was pevbahle that this was the shot entered n the credit side of , Mr.Birkett's account ; for Mrs. Clarke had beige t , declared that she was not in debt when she went to , Gloucester-place, although she pretended, that the Duke of York knew this 5001. thus paid to Birkett was the identical sum obtained from French's levy. If so, what had become of the other five hundred pounds which she received from his Royal High 'nes ? He would proceed' to make a few observe flops on the, rate of expence at which Mrs. Clarke had lived in Gloucester-place. On this subject he had been authorised to make, and had made, a statement to the House; but witliotit placing any reliance on that statement, if the House would re fer to the documents they would find that that state ment was borne out nearly to its full extent by the testimony of Mrs. Clarke herself. She had allowed that all her furniture and all her wine bad been paid for by his Royal flighness, In page 250 of the, mi nutes, Mrs. Clarke would have .been found to have stated, " that once or twice his. Royal Highness. ; gave her small bills for three or four hundred pounds ,• they were to get her a necklace, or something in that Way, from Parker's in Fleet-street." Here was an ac knowledgment, that in a single instance the Duke of York had furnished Mr's. Clarke with 3 'or 4QOI. Unquestionably it was in this case to take some of her things out of pawn ; but that made no difference in the case, as she must have expended- the money which she received for those things on pledging them. Mrs. Clarke stated, that her lawyer had got 44001. for her house when sold ; a sum which was sufficient to pay-all the debts she had contracted. She also stated, that when - she had complained to the Duke that wool. a .year was an insufficient .allowance, he said, rs he would make some future arrangement," To a subsequent question (page. 263), Mrs. Clarke , replied, " that the Duke: of York bad given her a hill 'of 4001, 'once, and something also to pay to Parker." This statement was . :corroborated Parker's books, When these various sums were added together, they would be found to amount nearly to the sum stated„hy him on the authority of the 'Duke of York, as having been giveu by .his I Royal. Highness to Mrs. Clarke, exclusively of bet annuity ; a faa .which completely destroyed. the in-, ference attetnpted to be drawn, that his lloyal High nets must have known that suchatn, expensive esiae blishmeet as that of Mrs. 'Clarke's could not be sup ported but by corrupt means; 'BefOre he deka his ! observations, he could not avoid remarking on the extraordinary manner in whiCli - Mrs. )Every had been, brought to the Bar of the House. By the evidence, Mrs. F. appeared without doubt to be Mrs. Clarke's half-sister; the daughter of Mr;FarqUhar by a former ' wife. By a variety of 'evasions she hid endeavoured to ' conceal this circumstance, and among the rest she stated, that she had lived with one Ellis, a earpen-' ter,-who was always running about; and whose pre , sent place of residence she could not , exaCtly point out. Afterwards, however, the called on Mr. Ellie. to - make her peace with him for this misrepresents tion, which she attributed to her anxiety that be should not be 'brought forward, when, in fad, to this very misrepresentation alone, was owing the ne cessity of calling on Mr. Ellis to give his testimony. Mr. Ellis's testimony completely falsified both that of .Mrs.' Favery. and that of Mrs. Clarke. Mrs. Clarke declared, that she never knew Mrs: Fayery by any other name. Mr. Ellis stated, that be le n d l t i l:e she wa s with biro, Mrs. Clarke vis it ed received her into hi s house in the - name of Farquhar, and on the reco m men d a tion of M. Clarke ; and h m at wh ile her under circumstances of apparent and peculiar in, acy ~ i hr e r hs i o s i tf eo a tt u ri e ) eoo p f l e e v idence iiouse hdad t o istittaly sheweddo with in this ieqUiry. There had been no regard to truth whatever The - witnesses. had not been con tented with individual and independent falsehoods, but had combined 'to tell the same story, although ie some instances they had, by a kind of miracle, been diteeted. He would not take up the time of the Howe by dwelling on the presumption that hitt Royal Highness bed ,connived at the transaaions in Which Mrs. Clarke Vas engaged,'or he would not have surrounded himielf with 'sonic of the 'most. honourable charaeters of which , the army - could boast. General Calvert and Col. Gordon were two individuals of 'that description. But his lion.. and Learned Friend behind him bad impressed this part of the subieet too Imply to render it necessary for him to say prey thing more' upon it.. 'I have now," gilded the Right Bonattrable -Gentleman, " pee through the whole of this extensive case, case, and have made the various observations which • have occurred to me en the different' point* con ,.. needed With it. These observations. might .urtquea-. 'tionably be extended to a much greater length; but I trust have said 'enough to induce the House to do their duty • and to chew them; that with such a case, and under such eireuMstaeoes as, those which attend it, they must. give a decided opinion, aye or no, on the question before them. Atter that: deci. lion 'has been made, it will be for the House to con-, shier, what will be. their next expedient step. If the House.should, adopt the Resolution which I have proposed, they must then enter into a comparison of the. Addre3s which I ,have submitted to them, and that submitted to them by the Hon. Gentleman. , -- After making this comparison, I will confidently assert, that the House must prefer mine; for wnat ever may be their ulterior proceeding, I am per suaded that they. will not so debase themselves as to shrink from a declaration Hof their opinio n on the whole case; and ie. I am correct in this persuasion, they must necessaiily abandon the Hon. Gentle man's Address, which is fouUded on this alternatite, namely, that whether his Royal Highness the Duke 'of York is guilty or not guilty, the same same re sult omit ensue. The. Address proposed by the Hon. Gentleman is fonnded on the assertion, that vial-praaices haVe existed, and that their existence !Oust have been-known to his Royal Higheess. But whether 'or not, his Royal Highness has hims e lf been guilty of corrupt practices, is immaterial to the substantive measure proposed by the Hon. Gentle man. Lek that be as it may ; in eithUr ease the .saute course is to be taken, Now, Sir, it the Hon. Gentleman had so framed his ovigieal charges against the Duke of York, and .bad so couched the speech whielethose. charges were. Opened to the FIQUStIi as. 10 lay hia .Thayal• Highness's corruption nut ethie View;. - then, indded, the question before the House would be of a different eompleion. !. But. the Bight flow Gentleman has out doneallis: ,From the‘nrat to the last lie hes .alleged corrupt pratiees against the Duke of Yolk'. I trtea, theieloie, thet . the flouter will do their duty ; and before they wound :1 i ec the paiernal ears of his,Majesty with any - . :station of the nature and amount of that corruption, that they will say, whether or . not his Royal Highness is guilty at all of any corruptions . awl, if not giiilty, that they will adopt, the Address which I - shall have the honour of proposing to them. . When the House, with judicial feelings, shall have disposed of the .judicial question before them, the other question, a question not dependent on judicial feel• ings, bat on consideratioes of general ;policy and expediency, will remain to be.decided. Sir, lam far from desirous of maintaining the opinion thst political considerations ought to exclude all moral and religious considerations. But if moral and re ligious considerations should induce us to take any step declaratory of our titlfavourable sentiments, with reaped to the couch:4oi his Royal Highness, I trust, that in makiug thift4eclaration we shall not forget what we are ourselves, I trust, Sir, that our moral feeltee will not allow us to be inseo,ible to our owe frailties; and that our- religious feelin will induce us to be charitably indulgent to others, however severe we may be to ourselves. lam con vinced that the House must be aware 'of :much in the chara&er and condos of his Royal Highness the Duke of York, which will make them deeply regret the . necessity (if,- contrary_ to my opinion, -aucll such necessity should be thought to exist) of tak in g Pact, stepsas may tend to remove his Royal Highness teem d situation for wihich 1 coliceit , e'liiiii elfdlarly qua - HO. If there be a man who thinks, tha t, cleric % the fourteen or fifteen years that that Illtistriens in dividual has possessed the Chief Commend, the army has prospered in an unexampled rummer; th at he has introduced regulations of the most wise and be-, • neticial nature; that he has consulted the iaterest 01. r the officers, and the comfort of the soldiery; that he has promoted merit, wherever it has disploel. itself; that he has improved the general cletraCter ot the army, and reformed its discipline ; that he ifs Watched, with parental _care, over the interests up :the troops, by the establishment of charitable insti : tutionsfor their families, and of schools and colleges for the purposes of military education 3—.. it there to a man who thinks that - any other arrangemenewo u ' d probably be iufinitely less advaetageaus to the oral 3 ter and to the country .;-- chat it would afford a g re latitude for the exercise of party feelings ;--that it might create an endless variety of petty jealousies;" .thaeit would in all human likelihood opeh a dour for : every description of improper interfereoce ;—that it, would-produce-a change of - system which i.Tonsidere_d Mite& as a change; must give 'birth to great ev tiils; . there free man who thinks all this, that man, Sir. will -see _with the deepest regret . any necessity that may be supposed . .to exist tor ' adcptiqg suss"'" es leadibg to the dismissal from 'office or the prtlen! illustrious Commander in' Chief. I 'cannot 'hut f 0 Sir,.that in the course of theobservations withwhiele 1 hive trespassed on the patience of, the Heuer much haw been'oniltted. ' Which ''l stay it. 1:441)1/ haYe. railtalier :.epportuoity o f . supplying. I.eaneot however refrain from making a few remarks on something that fell from the Hon. Gentleman or; site, at the close of his speech. He told ''', Sirs . ‘)3, the country will decide on the condut °I f i mic , madder in Chief, and on the condtta 01 t he , of Commons." merely to state, that the eharatter of this lio,nisde with the public is art important consideratiout iglia that properly to estimate and justly to deserve V' . • opinion, was t' insure to ourselves theeneani el b t:l ! . l ,f, serviceable to •our country, I entirely ai;ree v'',.." him. But if, with this proposition, the Hon. Gent'"... l :. man intended to couple the idea, that to any opittlq , if the Hon. Gentletnan mean,. formed by the public, qr a part of the public, Pit garbled extracts of the evidence, and circuital) throughout the kingdom with malicious industry*, the House is to pay. the deference of submitting 06 own Judgment, exereisedun its own views.' of 06 subject, against - such a ptiaciple, I must enter ill strongest protest. We must hope that what coat will be duly appreciated by those fiir whom W' le'. gislatee , that 'the enlightened understanding of t his people at large 'will give credit to their Reereseant tives for the faithful discharge of the trust reposed. . 4 , theni; and that they will correEl any erroneous ii.t .pressions which the efforts of interested and unpile cipled individuals may have endeavoured to prodta - ', If these be not the sentiments by which . the House" govern themselves. I say that our Uharaaer is lose-- 1 say that - we had better at once, sutreeder otirselet!g and our country to the fury of a . wildderttecoq . r e ;_ ' I am-firmly confident that the House will Itikl= I 1 . part which becomes their dignity.; that they u"l tut put out of their consideration every, ire' ptesslen boil that which they may on the table ; that they will coma to a decision tio' influenced by any o f those publications, the tenden c y of Which is so dangerous,and have received frism the et idettets to which I have hefera _ alluded. I feel confident that the House will do theie: dut Y , ►hy representing to the Throne she inno ceocelL his Royal Highness, as far a s ' hi s 'charmer )las been . submitted to our investigati on . I n co nunon with evert man, I entertaiu a high respect liar eitablic o p nli" 1 trust I do not arrog a t e t oo muc h to myself eserve whcri. I assert, that the in terest w hi c h I have la ; pr jog public opinion is not less than .that of the Hot' Gentleman ; and that in the-whole" pregnl e ti ' ' l g . inquiry .1 have evinced the respect which ', 4 - , - i, 10, difficult • choice; and in no case 0 100 it. In many iostances the course. exP ewe e . „ - , e he be adopted, has presented alternative of ex tr- 1,, than at the very outset of the business, whe : l/ 20 1 ' 4! The advice which I then gave, nothing perticulay.: House had ,to determine, whether 111 , 4 ,inv e ‘ i 'g,", t - t shonld be public, or referred to a Silica CuLl te ": ge i ' l r t e as act:err - r t . o make me repent. Isdo think, that it the ththc lid dilated, will be infinitely York is to be acquitted, as I ee' nfidently tnist t t will - be, of the foul charges preferred again" bin ' s thl t .• I ;he public mode in winch the inquiry has been c li e. j. Royal /li,.;liness, the flott,e, and the country , o ' 3ll i if it had proceeded he a more private nonner.--'4, I'Chat the latter would, in twine teepee:he !r i se. men the more advantageous method, 1 ens fiati.W9 , ; but thet the ineoeveniences and es its would ;,l' iv O' . preponderated, lam completely convinced. "Csr l ie ' ther, however, that ' course was the' better or to r !' more sattstaettny to eie when once adUpted, it was highly desirable thar, dlcv I benefit* whicle it. was anticipated the ,ptibite Y o '7 derive. from it should not be wit itheld, , I e , r , 1 lo'' ' fore anxious, that be tio*exclusion of testimony rllll, suspicion or, jealousy mettle part et the public 'i lit ' uk - ' attach to our proceedings. - .• Throogle ut the whole,' case, tliereftni:,l have retommeuded the admissioo ef every deScription of testimony, and hale p eib.,t) in thia - respe& gone beytind what was my stiia iiiio